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11 April 2017 | By New Food
Food consumed in the European Union continues to be largely free of pesticide residues or to contain residues that fall within legal limits, new figures show.
There is a pressing need to mobilise and integrate the wealth of knowledge from the international mycotoxin research conducted over the past 25-30 years, in order to perform cutting-edge research to close knowledge gaps. This is the mission of MyToolBox – a four-year project, funded by the European Commission from…
23 March 2017 | By EFSA
African swine fever is spreading slowly in the Baltic countries and Poland, according to the latest epidemiological data analysed by these Member States and EFSA.
10 March 2017 | By EFSA
Mass vaccination programmes would be the only effective measure for fully eradicating bluetongue in Europe say EFSA...
22 February 2017 | By New Food
Bacteria found in humans, animals and food continue to show resistance to widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance...
24 January 2017 | By New Food
Reducing the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, replacing them where possible and re-thinking the livestock production system is essential for the future of animal and public health...
20 December 2016 | By New Food
Strict enforcement of high levels of biosecurity measures is the most effective way to prevent the introduction of the highly pathogenic influenza virus A (H5N8) into poultry farms, says EFSA...
1 November 2016 | By EFSA
Ninety-seven per cent of food samples collected in the European Union are free of pesticide residues or contain traces that are within legal limits...
14 September 2016 | By New Food
EFSA has completed its re-evaluation of all food colours including titanium dioxide, permitted for use in the European Union before 2009...
30 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
EFSA has assessed the impact of time and temperature on the growth of spoilage bacteria in fresh beef, pork, lamb and poultry...
24 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
In releasing a statement, the EFSA has taken a first step towards a future assessment of the potential risks of microplastics and nanoplastics in food...
26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
EFSA has reported data from 2014 for a range of veterinary medicines and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The EFSA has said that the exposure to glycidyl fatty acid esters of babies consuming infant formula is a ‘particular concern’...
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
EFSA recommends that the temporary group acceptable daily intake for sulphites should be re-evaluated within five years when new data is available.
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Because of concerns over the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, the EU Parliament has said that the EC should renew its marketing approval for just 7 years...
